借 (ze3 | jie4) : borrow; lend

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借

ze3

jie4

[1] borrow
[2] lend; loan
[3] make use of; take advantage of; make a pretext of

Stroke count: 10

Level: 2

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

借

This word has been viewed 16818 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 11th Jul 2009 05:48

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借勢 ze3 / sai3 jie4 / shi4 = to borrow sb's authority; to seize an opportunity

借一借 ze3 jat1 ze3 = Excuse me (please scoot)

借過 ze3 gwo3 = excuse me, please (please scoot, step aside) 粵

借問 ze3 man6 jie4 wen4 = May I ask...

借開 ze3 hoi1 = excuse me, please (please scoot, step aside) 粵

唔該借借 m4 goi1 ze3 ze3 = excuse me, please (please scoot, step aside) 粵

唔該借歪 m4 goi1 ze3 me2 = excuse me, please (please scoot, step aside) 粵

借助 ze3 zo6 jie4 zhu4 = to enlist help; to get help

借口 ze3 hau2 jie4 kou3 = excuse; pretext

借鑑 ze3 gaam3 jie4 jian4 = to reference others' work; to draw from others' experience
See all 52 compounds (CantoDict reports 51 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing all 5 examples containing 借

小姐，唔該借借。粵
Excuse me, Miss.
[For asking her to move, rather than trying to attract attention]

月尾之前所有借讀嘅書籍必須歸還圖書館。粵
All books are to be returned to the library before the end of the month.

隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味，點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫粵
I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day.

我要借此機會, 向各位致謝
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you all.

他兼職多份工作, 借此幫補家計國
He worked several part-time jobs, thereby helping his family financially.

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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